International Business at Pennsylvania State University Park Campus

The International Business major is designed to help students prepare for the increasingly international nature of business. Compared with other business majors, this one provides greater emphasis on knowledge and skills that are needed to conduct business in an international setting. This includes issues concerned with accomplishing organizational objectives through the coordination of human, material, information, and financial resources across national boundaries. In addition to the core business courses, students in this major will receive a broad exposure to the complexity of international business through required course work in international business, international culture, a foreign language, and a study abroad experience. In addition to preparation for an international business environment, the major aims to provide students with knowledge of a specific business discipline by requiring the completion of all the requirements for a second business major. As a result, students meet the University requirements for a concurrent major. Graduates of the major should be better prepared to function effectively as employees of small businesses with developing international operations or as members of larger business organizations with extensive global operations.